SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Fair Trade Coffee, Adbusters, No Logo
Document Summary
Globalization is the social, economic, and political process that makes it easier for people, goods, ideas, and capital to travel around the world at an unprecedented pace. Globalization makes the world look and feel smaller. Globalization as a process means it is neither inherently good or bad. It does have real impact on the environment and every single human being around the world, although in different ways. (ex. Digital divide is about inequality of access to means of communication. ) Capitalists, consumers, and workers main players in globalization. Top down globalization involves the actions of groups promoting globalized capitalism and free trade. Globalization from below describes the action of groups that criticize the injustices that result from globalization processes. Advocate for: spread of international human right, global labour standards. Increased democracy in the global system: environmental protection, social justice. Not a cohesive movement and more a broad framework that encompasses multiple perspectives.
